2 Thessalonians 2

1 Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we ask you, brothers,

As to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our being gathered to meet him, we beg you, friends,

2 not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come.

not lightly to let your minds become unsettled or disturbed by any revelation, or by any message or letter purporting to come from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is come.

3 Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.

Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. For it will not come before the final rebellion against God, when lawlessness is revealed in human form, headed for destruction.

4 He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

He is the adversary of everything that is spoken of as a god or as an object of worship, enthroning himself in God’s Temple claiming to be God!

5 Do you not remember that I told you these things while I was still with you?

Don’t you remember how, when I was with you, I used to speak to you of all this?

6 And you know what is now restraining him, so that he may be revealed at the proper time.

And you know now what the restraining influence is which prevents his appearing before his appointed time.

7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one who now restrains it will continue until he is taken out of the way.

Wickedness, indeed, is already at work in secret, but only until he who at present restrains it is removed out of the way.

8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.

Then the lawless person will be revealed, but the Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of his mouth, annihilate him by the splendor of his coming.

9 The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,

When the lawless person comes, there will be great activity on the part of Satan, in the form of all kinds of deceptive miracles, signs, and marvels, as well as of wicked attempts to delude –

10 and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

to the ruin of those who are on the path to destruction, because they have never received and loved the truth to their own salvation.

11 For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,

That is why God places them under the influence of a delusion, to cause them to believe a lie;

12 in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.

so that sentence may be passed on all those who refuse to believe the truth, but delight in wickedness.

13 But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.

But, friends, whom the Lord loves, it is our duty always to thank God about you, for, from the first, God chose you for salvation through the purifying influence of the Spirit, and your belief in the truth.

14 To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

To this you were called by the good news which we brought you, to attain to the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15 Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.

Stand firm then, friends, and hold fast to the truths that we taught you, whether by word or by letter.

16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope, (aiōnios g166)

And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and, in his loving kindness, gave us unfailing consolation and good ground for hope, (aiōnios g166)

17 encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed.

console your hearts, and strengthen you to do and to say all that is right.